Matthew 12:44

"Then it says, "‘I will go back to my house which I left’;and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

In Context

43"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

45"Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29"Or how can any one enter the strong man’s house and carry off his goods without first binding the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

Luke 11:21"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;

John 12:6This he said not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, carrying the purse,

John 13:27So when he had dipped the bread, he took it and gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. And after he had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "What you do, do quickly," said Jesus.

Acts 8:18But when Simon perceived that, by the laying on of the apostles’ hands, the Spirit was given, he offered them money saying,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →

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